The story I tell myself : a venture in existentialist autobiography / Hazel E. Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Hazel Estella.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barnes, Hazel Estella.

College teachers--United States--Biography.

College teachers.

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Existentialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 pages)

Edition:

1998th ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Best known as the writer who introduced French existentialism to English-speaking readers through her translation of Sartre's Being and Nothingness, Hazel E. Barnes has written an autobiography that is both the success story of a professional woman as well as a profoundly moving reflection on growing older. Transcending the personal details of her life, Barnes' memoir stands as an important contribution to the intellectual history of our century. "An intimate record of our times and of the ongoing issues that challenge us to define ourselves over and over again."-Kirkus Reviews "An engaging autobiography that spans not only [Barnes'] self-identified period of 'flourishing' but virtually all the twentieth century."-Library Journal "Thoughtful, gracefully written reflections. . . . Readers will be glad they pursued an unusual woman's intellectual and personal journey."-Booklist "An accessible, wonderfully written book packed with wisdom and insight."-Denver Post "Absorbing and satisfying."-Gertrude Reif Hughes, Women's Review of Books

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Recognitions and Acknowledgments

Living with the Century. Apologia for an Autobiography

One. Being a Child

Two. Being Educated

Three. Conversions and Epiphanies

Four. Interlude

Five. Engagement with Existentialism

Six. Existential Feminism

Seven. Teaching for a Living

Eight. Living in the Rockies

Nine. Making an Ending

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781299104563

1299104568

9780226037349

0226037347

OCLC:

437248277